Rountree v. Cohn-Bock Co.
Citation | 73 S.E. 796,158 N.C. 153 |
Parties | ROUNTREE et al. v. COHN-BOCK CO. |
Decision Date | 21 February 1912 |
Court | North Carolina Supreme Court |
Appeal from Superior Court, Gates County; Cline, Judge.
Action by L. A. Rountree and another against the Cohn-Bock Company. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. Affirmed.
A deed of standing timber held to convey the timber which the purchaser may remove within the prescribed time.
A clause in a deed of standing timber held to require the purchaser, claiming an extension privilege, to notify the grantor, and to pay or tender the stipulated amount.
This is an action to restrain the defendant from entering upon certain land and cutting timber thereon. The defendant claims under a certain timber deed, executed by the plaintiffs on the 9th day of September, 1904, to the Gay Lumber Company which conveyed certain timber on said land and contained the following provisions: There was no tender of any amount to the plaintiffs under the extension clause in the deed until more than five years after the execution thereof. ...
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